Sensor Demand to Grow Due to Need for Biometrics
March 21, 2017 | Semico ResearchEstimated reading time: 1 minute
Passwords are so passe these days. They have been proven to be unreliable and hackable. For protecting today’s electronics, the latest technology is biometrics, the measurement of both physiological and behavioral human characteristics. Biometrics can be used for both identification (scanning a crowd for a face) or authentication (confirming that the user is who they say they are). Biometrics are enabled by a variety of different sensors, including fingerprint, IR, image, microphone, motion detector, pressure, and more. A research report from Semico, Semico MEMS and Sensor Database Report Update: Focus on Biometrics, finds major applications for biometrics include physical and device access, mobile payments, benefits distribution, healthcare, banking, government/defense, and more.
“Apple introduced Touch ID, based on its acquisition of Authentec, which brought fingerprint recognition to smartphones on a large scale. Now we’re seeing the next generation of fingerprint sensor technology in the form of ultrasonic sensors, pioneered by Qualcomm,” said Adrienne Downey, Director of Technology Research at Semico. “The latest new biometric technology to hit smartphones is iris recognition, which is supposed to be more secure than fingerprint technology, but is slower.”
Semico Research's new report, Semico MEMS and Sensor Database Report Update: Focus on Biometrics, includes coverage of the biometrics market and highlights companies to watch. The report includes an Excel workbook tracking sensors and MEMS, covering over 260 companies and 33 different product types. Each company’s sensor/MEMS product type is listed with the target markets identified by that company. Twenty different target markets are represented in this document, including smartphones, tablets, wearables, robots, and various automotive and medical segments.
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